Australian - Comedian | February 24, 1982 - December 6, 2014
Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.
Stella Young
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It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.
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From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.
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The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.
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From my first days in Washington D.C., where I rolled a whole four downtown blocks without seeing a single shop, cafe, bar or restaurant I could not access, to the beautifully accessible buses in New York City, I was in heaven.
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People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.
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Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.
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It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.
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I, like many women, buy into patriarchal standards of beauty every day. I very rarely leave the house without make-up. I dye my hair. I wear clothes that I choose carefully for how they make me look to the outside world.
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I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.
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There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies.
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The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be cool about employing someone with a disability in a job you actually want to do.
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